Pertamina and KazMunaiGaz will also consider exploring and
developing oil and gas fields in the central Asian country under
an agreement signed today in the capital, Astana, the Kazakh
company said in a statement.

Separately, KazMunaiGaz Chief Executive Officer Lyazzat
Kiinov and OAO Lukoil CEO Vagit Alekperov signed an agreement on
May 16 to study data on unlicensed offshore and onshore oil
blocks in Kazakhstan, the Kazakh company said on its website.